The NaNoWriMo Cometh... October is all about pumpkins and pretty colors. Come November, our thoughts turn to…30 crazed-filled days scribbling nonsensical sentences in a quest for 50,000 words, a modicum of sanity at the end, and that elusive brag: “I wrote a novel.” Oh, and something involving a bird and...

The Bedouin Way... The mobile working movement is alive and well, teeming with Bedouin-like workers who travel in single caravans (or sometimes ad-hoc nomadic tribes) from cafe to cafe carrying only cell phones and laptops, sated by comfy chairs, strong WiFi signals, and an endless stream of caffeine. Cafe writing,...

OIC 4 NaNoWriMo... Normally I shy away from acronyms if possible, since using them is tantamount to supporting the “secret club” theory of communication. In the case of this article’s title, though, an acronym seems appropriate instead of “Observations, Insights, and Conclusions for [my]...

It’s Finally Over... Officially I hit the finish line yesterday at 2 p.m., uploading my ReallyBadOh novel with its 51,700 well-chosen words (right…). Doing a project like the National Writing Novel Month (NaNoWriMo) does funny things to one’s brain, as evidenced by the comments below I pulled from the...

In The Details... Insomnia tonight, can’t sleep. Whenever such a mood hits, I usually listen to music or grab my journal and write, hoping to uncover why I can’t sleep. This early morning was a mixed bag of reasons, some printable, some not, but all of them specific in the details. Today is, I hope, the...